Not so sure that it's such a smart idea to keep testing with a PSU that potentially just fried his machine.
Printable View
Not so sure that it's such a smart idea to keep testing with a PSU that potentially just fried his machine.
^This.
Get yourself a power supply tester or multimeter and check the plugs are kicking out the correct voltage and amperage.
A good PSU tester will tell you straight off the bat if something is wrong.
If it is throw the power supply away and get a new one, it's not worth risking blowing more parts.
Ok, I will pick up a PSU tester today. Also I have never had to go through a manufacturer to warranty computer parts. Would I blow my warranty if I mention I had these issues leading up to the failure or do you think they'd still take it?
Just tell them it stopped working and you have no idea why.
Once you identify the problematic component of course.
@Others: He mention power surges, those are usually not caused by the PSU, but by the electrical source. The PSU is likely what saved whatever components are left, but testing it can't hurt I suppose.
Tested the PSU, all good, though it is difficult to tell if it is really the case because it was an intermittent issue. and at one point one while testing the PSU something began to smell very... Burny... But I quickly shut it off and was unable to replicate the event later...
At this point I suspect the easiest course of action would be to complain to ASUS (mobo) and Corsair (PSU) to try and warranty them out/have them test them for functionality and then go from there. Maybe complaining it's hurting my business will quicken the process of RMA'ing them.
Anyone's opinion on these?
I'm trying to keep a hot AMD FX 8350 as cool as possible for the already hot days here, while on a budget.
http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Black.../dp/B003YVJJ5Y
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-..._cd_al_qh_dp_i
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-.../dp/B000O8JZIG
Giant HSF on motherboards has always bothered me. I like the closed-loop water cooling system I bought for my PC; idles a little high at 35, but under load it never breaches 50 and rarely goes above 47.
I bought a Titan, am I cool now??
It's going on my G41 board with a Pentium 4.
But for reals, it'll be on my B85 board with an i5.
Oh, ok.
Did you pick which HSF combo to go with? I got the Cooler Master with the 4 heatpipes on it. The CPU stays cold as ice.Quote:
Originally Posted by arbiter901